Kracka wrote:I've also gotten hold of a magazine with an article about angel wing & the current theory being its a genetic tendency to get it, rather than what I'd been told about it being too high/low protein while they're growing - I'll see if I can scan it & send it to you

It would not surprise me if it's a combination of genetic and environmental factors.

I'm not planning on breeding ducks, though they have other ideas about that. We need to get better at finding the nests before they've been incubated.

If you happen to know anyone that's interested in these crested ducklings let me know. I won't be keeping any myself.

One of almost everything, a veritable rainbow of chickens. And Project Motzle.

sewren wrote:You are *really* making me want to get some ducks now - too cute!!

Let me try to dissuade you...

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Ha, I just re-discovered this thread when searching for angel wing (which I think one duckling has). You turned out to be somewhat the enabler, rather than the dissuader, seatil, when it came to ducklings!

Seventeen beautiful chooks in a rainbow of breeds and Silver Appleyard ducks!

sewren wrote:Ha, I just re-discovered this thread when searching for angel wing (which I think one duckling has). You turned out to be somewhat the enabler, rather than the dissuader, seatil, when it came to ducklings!

Some people can only be persuaded/dissuaded by first hand experience.

One of almost everything, a veritable rainbow of chickens. And Project Motzle.

sewren wrote:Ha, I just re-discovered this thread when searching for angel wing (which I think one duckling has). You turned out to be somewhat the enabler, rather than the dissuader, seatil, when it came to ducklings!

Some people can only be persuaded/dissuaded by first hand experience.

Touché!!

I just took some photos for you - slowly uploading them to photobucket now...

Seventeen beautiful chooks in a rainbow of breeds and Silver Appleyard ducks!